Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-28
MIR. MORROW AND THE CHRONICLE

The San Francisco Chronicle has never
neglected any opportunity to prejudice
Congressman Morrow in public judgment
"a thorough-going, conscientious and able
representative with whose career, boy and
man. we have been familiar for over a
quarter of century. A recent instance
of the Chronicles littleneSs and antagonism
to Mr.. Morrow was its publication of what
purported to be an interview with Mr..
Jesse D. Carr, in which the latter is rep
resented as saying that the appropriation
for the San Francisco Postoffice site could
have been secured at any previous Con-
gress. Of course the plan of the publica-
ton was to rob Mr.. Morrow of any credit
honestly due him for diligence in securing
the appropriation.
In another column we publish Mr.. Nor
rows reply as fine example of manly,
dignifed and singing response, which, it
will be seen, is couched in such terms that
the Chronicle could not put itself in the
attitude that it would inevitably assume
by refusing TO publish it. The inter
view" went on to say that Mr.. Carr de-
clared that the bill could have passed off
Morrow had been more prudent )" that the
latter went before the committee, and Mr.
Holman asked him what kind of build
ing would be asked for, after a site for the
Postofice had been secured, and that Mr.
Morrow replied, "a structure to cost five
or six millions of dollars" That settled it.
Mr.. Morrow knocks the underpining from
beneath this story by pointing out that
Mr.. Holman was not of the committee
was not present when the subject was dis
cussed, and that he never raised the OBJ
lection to any member of the California
delegation that the prospective cost was
too great. He denies emphatically that
any such dialogue took place between him
self and Mr.. Holman, but adds that if it
were true, the claim for frst-class build
ing would not have been at all extrava-
giant, and that the appropriation
Of S350,000 for site carries
the proposition on its face. The
objection Mr.. Holman raised when in
San Francisco and when consulted in
Washington, was to the purchase of any
new site, he deeming the old, or present
site, sufficient. Mr.. Morrow then explains
very clearly how consideration of the bill
was finally secured, and its passage effected,
and the great difficulty involved in secur-
ing recognition to take up the bills-under
suspension Of the rules-not promoted by
the ehairmen of committees. The explain
alton by Mr.. Morrow will be found to con-
tain interesting information on this topic,
and concerning procedure in Congress.
He very modestly disclaims any special
credit for securing the passage of the bill,
that Is not equally to be awarded to the
other members of the California delega-
ton, all of whom, he says, labored diligently
and in harmony for common end.
Dut ~ iOIidiAS ludb the IOSIOIllce Dill vas
In Mr.. Morrow's charge, it was under the
call OF his name that it was brought up.
and received the Endorsement of the
House, AMI it was to this measure that he
devoted unAagging and constant atten-
tion, and unqueStionably to him its success
in the House was most largely due. As a
matter of fact Mr.. Morrow has nailed the
Chronicle to cross and placed it in very
humiliating attitude. 1t could easily have
ascertained all the bottom facts had it been
disposed to fairness toward the Congress
man, and at least might have called upon
him for correction of Mr.. Cars alleged
statement prior to publishing it. In its
solicitude to stab the Representative, it
has given him an opportunity to expose
the prejudice and underlying meanness
that IS substruetural to its entire system.